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January 08, 2013

Former Discovery VP for Legal Affairs Joins SmithDehn LLP

We interrupt this irregularly scheduled programming, to bring you this special announcement from our law firm!

SmithDehn
LLP is extremely pleased to announce that Laura Farina, who
until recently was the Vice President for Legal Affairs at
Discovery Communications, Inc., has become a member of the firm.
Laura is acclaimed throughout the television and media
industries for her skills and experience as a
media/entertainment/sports lawyer. She excels in transactional
drafting and negotiations, defense litigation, media/event
insurance and risk management, intellectual property advice, and
content review. During her 12 years as in-house counsel for the
world's #1 nonfiction media company and all of its networks and
business units (including The Discovery Channel, TLC, Animal
Planet, Science and Investigation Discovery, and many others),
with over 1.8 billion viewers in 209 countries, Laura was Vice
President in charge of global litigation, supervised
transactional work and content review for hundreds of programs
and films, handled the company's insurance matters (playing a
key role in negotiating and drafting its media insurance
policy), and generally served as a problem solver, risk manager
and adviser to all of its networks and business units.

As a
member of SmithDehn LLP and head of our new Washington, D.C.
office, Laura brings her stellar array of expertise to the table
for independent and other television and film production
companies, studios, broadcasters, distributors, and insurance
companies, as well as sports entities and players. On the subject
of her move to SmithDehn, Laura says: "I'm happy to be working
with such accomplished lawyers and serving clients in the media
and sports industries across the globe. I'm also proud to have
served at Discovery and to have played a part during its time of
tremendous growth and success. I cherish the many friends and
colleagues I met there. As the television and entertainment
landscape continues to evolve, and as independent production
companies flourish in particular, I'm eager to increase my direct
involvement with filmmakers, production companies and content
developers and provide them with the benefit of the huge range of
experience I've gained over the years. SmithDehn LLP, as an
innovative and rising leader in the field, is the perfect match
for my continuing legal career."

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